RUBEFACTION


Meaning of RUBEFACTION in English

/rooh'beuh fak"sheuhn/ , n.

1. the act or process of making red, esp. with a rubefacient.

2. redness of the skin caused by a rubefacient.

[ 1650-60; rubefactus (ptp. of rubefacere; see RUBEFACIENT) + -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .